Kind of Like Sylvia: Part 2

Success divided them Opening up doors That should have remained closed The temptress walked right in Made herself at home And conquered what was not hers Leaving Sylvia feeling betrayed and alone Another man leaving her life She was never given the opportunity to know What security from a man feels like She was always left to make it on her own Never having anyone to count on Never having someone to give Her unconditional love and security Then her tragic end While her unsuspecting children Lay in their beds Peacefully sleeping Unaware of the doom to come She placed her head in a gas stove Suffocating from the toxic fumes Though her physical deprivation of oxygen Made her body violently contort Maybe her demise was The only way she knew to Release the pain in her soul That was haunting her always Like a shadow Following her Until she sought to end Her life's journey That constantly betrayed her Though many believe that The soul who commits such a dreadful act Will be punished for all eternity In a darker place then they ever knew on earth I wonder if there is Such a price to pay Why cannot payment be demanded From the ones who were Figuratively gripping her by the throat Leaving her feeling That there was no other way out Leaving her to face each day Bitterly alone Sylvia's life and mine Are intertwined in so many ways Though my Father is very much alive It seems like his death came long ago Because we are strangers My relationship with him Has profoundly affected How I view men at present And probably until the day My life ends Like Sylvia, my husband and I Share a bond through our poetry Our intellectual conversations Stimulate our minds and strengthen our bond But, then infidelity, abuse and betrayals Ended the magic between us Leaving our relationship dormant Temporary bliss is all I have been given Though I am grateful for The chance to experience it at all My life is empty Without the security that a man brings When you can trust him with everything That you possess Your innermost secrets Your dreams And even your very soul For this security escaped Sylvia and I both This void bonds us Even beyond the realm of death Because pain is never-ending